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TALK OVER
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion
Example:
We discussed our household budget
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "talk over" is one way to...):
talk about; talk of (discuss or mention)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "talk over"):
negociate; negotiate; talk terms (discuss the terms of an arrangement)
negociate (confer with another in order to come to terms or reach an agreement)
powwow (hold a powwow, talk, conference or meeting)
debate; deliberate (discuss the pros and cons of an issue)
consider; debate; deliberate; moot; turn over (think about carefully; weigh)
bandy; kick around (discuss lightly)
chair; lead; moderate (preside over)
advise; counsel; rede (give advice to)
confab; confabulate; confer; consult (have a conference in order to talk something over)
broach; initiate (bring up a topic for discussion)
bandy about (discuss casually)
hammer out; thrash out (discuss vehemently in order to reach a solution or an agreement)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Context examples:
'I heard you were in town,' said she; 'I wanted to see you. Let us talk over this sad business. What can equal the folly of our two relations?'
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
The twelfth house is also the house of healing, so you might opt to go into therapy to talk over an event or relationship where you feel stuck and unable to move forward.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Emma could not regret her having gone to Miss Bates, but she wished she had left her ten minutes earlier;—it would have been a great pleasure to talk over Jane Fairfax's situation with Mr. Knightley.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
It was all known at the Parsonage, where he loved to talk over the future with both his sisters, and it would be rather gratifying to him to have enlightened witnesses of the progress of his success.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
